Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1887-11-26
TERRITORIAL NEWS.
Battered From Our Exchanges From All
Over The TeTritoTy,


Thanksgiving Day was pretty gen
orally observed throughout the Ter
ritory.
Cassia county will hold an anti-an.
nexation meeting Mt Albion this week
Cassia may always be counted on as
walking in the straight and narrow
way.
Senters store ut Shoshone was bur.
glarized last week, and the burglar, 4
desperate character, was overtaken
and arrested at American Falls.
News Miner-It is estimated that
one hundred families have come to
Camas prairie this season and settling
there, intending to make that section
their home. Residents on the main
road say that almost any hour in the
night teams may be heard coming
and going-an indication that the
country is already well settled.
Free Press-No territory has more
or better mines, better stock ranges,
better soil and climate than Idaho.
In short, Idaho has everything to
make her a rich and prosperous COM
munity Unlimited timber, fine sand
stone, granite and marble for building
and manufacturing purposes, and un-
limited water power, and the most
productive soil to be found anywhere
and adapted to the cultivation of all
kinds of grasses, grains, and the hardy
fruits and vegetables, Idaho could be
made to be more nearly self-sustain-
ing than any state or territory west
of the Missouri river.
Weiser Leader-There is a great
necessity of a packing house at this
place. There has been Il great mum
Der of hogs shipped from this point
to outside markets and bacon ship
ped in. This is needless expense.
Wciser is the best point in Idaho for
packing house, and offers more in
ducements than any other place in
Ak, ,,,oe,f e.. coma ,,,a,, ~. oanpo,,1-
to invest their money. If any man
or company wishes to invest their
money in an enterprise of this kind
would do well to pay our town visit.
Statesman-T show the inequality
of the present system of assessment
We will take the single item of horses
as they appear on the records of the
controllers office: Ada American,
S3S.OS; Alturas, mixed, s30.l5; Bear
Like. american. s3S.73: Bingham,
miycG. so; Boise, thoroughbred,
s94.g1 American SIS -; Cassia,
laorousur.c,. American,
$500, mixed. -. -: Cu.rer, mixed,
a36.2G los Il. tsa.yaHlne /, s133.55,
mixed. S1s.s9 tn. $4l,74,
TENN. .4lneI -: Nez Perez,
American, ~ or mixed,
s27.86; Owyhee, Amer, b, S2a.74;
shoshone, American, sGl.28. mixed,
144S; Washington, $26.4G. Should
We not haze territorial board Of
equalization?
Enterprise-There is one impor
tant matter to which the attention of
Congress should be given during the
coming winter, viz: The Fort Hall
Indian Reservation. Congress has
been dilIy dallying with this question
for years and nothing has yet become
of it. AS a mater OF common JUS
ticc the southern part should be cut
off and thrown open to settlement i'm
medateIy. That part was settled up
ON long before any definite survey
was known, and the original settlers
had no idea that they were settling
upon reserved lands They have been
allowed TO remain unmoiested for
twenty years, and it would be rank
injustice on the part of the Govern
ment to do anything but open up the
southern portion for settlement. The
Indians do not want the land in that
section, and the settlers are anxious
to secure their homes. Hon. Fred
Duboise can acquire good record
in southern Idaho by working this
thing through Congress next winter
Journal-Two little children OF
Jas. Doran, four miles west of Sho
shone in attempting to cross Little
Wood River Thursday, fell into thC
stream, and Emily aged six was
drowned. Frank, a stardy boy abou
-four years old, was carried dow
about 90 rods and crawled ON a rocl
in the river, where an hour after h
was rescued by his mother. TIL
little hero held a piece Of rope whicl